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Biography of Gertrude Lynde Crocker, 1884-1969

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By Sara Schliep, Archivist and Cataloger, Folger Shakespeare Library Gertrude Lynde Crocker was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on January 7, 1884 to Eliza Warner Lynde and John Tweedy Crocker. By 1900, Crocker’s family had moved to Hinsdale, Illinois where her father worked as a purchasing agent for the Chicago,

25Jul

Memorial Dedicated May 16, 2021

By Myra P. Lindsey May 16, 2021, was a day of triumph. Just as the suffragists must have felt jubilation and relief after winning the 72-year long fight for enshrining the woman’s right to vote in the Constitution, the women and men who worked for more than 13 years to make the Turning Point Suffragist […]

21Oct

Two Silent Sentinels Inducted into Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame

On Thursday, October 22, 2020 (6:30 p.m. for Virtual Cocktails and Conversation, 7:00 p.m. for Virtual Induction Ceremony) “Silent Sentinels” Catherine Flanagan and Helena Hill Weed were inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame. Their names will be included in the Memorial’s Suffragist

13Aug

Countdown to Suffrage Centennial Silent Sentinel Awards Gala

Special thanks go to all those who attended the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Gala on June 6, 2019, at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va. It was an honor to pay tribute to and recognize seven “Silent Sentinels.“ Your attendance and support helped us raise an additional $30,000+ for the

19Jun

Virginia Suffragist Sophie Meredith, “A Zealous Pioneer for Women”

By Sophie Meredith Sides Cowan, great granddaughter of Sophie Meredith In 1851 Sophie Gooding Rose was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts to John Rose from Talbot County, Maryland and Sophia Gooding Barker from New Bedford, Massachusetts. When her father died, her mother left their home in Baltimore and returned

06Jul

What would you do for the Right to Vote

by Your Source TV The Turning Point Suffragist Memorial restores a critical part of history about American women omitted from history text books, celebrates the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution – the right for all American women to vote, honors the women whose fight for equal rights

28Jul

“The Quest for Equal Rights: From Purple Sashes to Pink Hats” Raises $40,000

On June 11, 2017, almost 150 supporters turned out to see a reading of the play, “Take Up the Song,” a production that traces the early years in the women’s suffragist movement through the words of its leaders. The event at the Westwood Country Club in Vienna, Virginia, helped raise $40,000 toward

09Jul

Cafe Latino Interviews Pat Depew Wirth

by Laura Ramirez Drain, Random Words Marketing, LLC Today Cafe Latin Radio & TV, we had as a guest Patricia Depew Wirth, the Executive Director of Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association. ‪ It is the mission of the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association (TPSMA) to educate, inspire and empower

09Jul

Inside Scoop Interview with Pat Depew Wirth

by Catherine Read, Creative Read, Inc. Catherine Read interviews Patricia Wirth, Executive Director of The Turning Point Suffragists Memorial Association. The goal of the organization is education of the public regarding the Suffragists Movement. The proposed memorial to be built in Occoquan Regional Park in

06Sep

2015 Silent Sentinel Award

Margaret “Peggy” Milner Richardson was the 2015 recipient of the Silent Sentinel Award from the Turning Point Suffragist Memorial Association (TPSM), a charitable organization raising funds to build a national suffragist memorial in Fairfax County. The award honors a woman who embodies the traits of

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Biography of Gertrude Lynde Crocker, 1884-1969

Memorial Dedicated May 16, 2021

Two Silent Sentinels Inducted into Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame

Countdown to Suffrage Centennial Silent Sentinel Awards Gala

Virginia Suffragist Sophie Meredith, “A Zealous Pioneer for Women”

What would you do for the Right to Vote

“The Quest for Equal Rights: From Purple Sashes to Pink Hats” Raises $40,000

Cafe Latino Interviews Pat Depew Wirth

Inside Scoop Interview with Pat Depew Wirth

2015 Silent Sentinel Award

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